Security update for multipath-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:3714-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2022-41974 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2022-41974 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 BCL 12-SP3

An update that solves one vulnerability and has eight security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for multipath-tools fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2022-41974: Fixed an authorization bypass issue in multipathd. (bsc#1202739)
  • Avoid linking to libreadline to avoid licensing issue (bsc#1202616)
  • Avoid device IO in "multipath -u" (bsc#1125145, bsc#1131789)
  • mpathpersist: optimize for setups with many LUNs (bsc#1134648)
  • mpathpersist: add option -f/--batch-file (bsc#1134648)
  • libmultipath: get_prio(): really don't reset prio for inaccessible paths (bsc#1118495)
  • Upstream bug fixes from dm-devel (bsc#1139369): multipath: call store_pathinfo with DI_BLACKLIST
  • hwtable: add Lenovo DE series (bsc#1125507)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 BCL 12-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2022-3714=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 BCL 12-SP3 (x86_64)
    • multipath-tools-0.7.1+125+suse.c18e287-2.23.1
    • kpartx-0.7.1+125+suse.c18e287-2.23.1
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.7.1+125+suse.c18e287-2.23.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.7.1+125+suse.c18e287-2.23.1
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.7.1+125+suse.c18e287-2.23.1

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